The 2017 F1 season is over, the festive period is on its way, and Brendon Hartley is already getting in the mood.
Can you come up with the best caption for this picture? Post your funniest suggestion in the comments below.
A selection of the best will feature in a future edition of the F1 Fanatic Round-up.
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hahostolze (@hahostolze)
2nd December 2017, 12:39
I waited for years to get into F1
Egonovi
2nd December 2017, 12:40
Brendon Santa hopes to give away all the grid places he collected.
Sundar Srinivas Harish
2nd December 2017, 13:37
Gold!
Man United_Vettel (@siegfreyco)
2nd December 2017, 14:57
This has got to be the winner
spoutnik (@spoutnik)
2nd December 2017, 21:59
Excellent!
KnGS (@)
2nd December 2017, 12:41
HO HO HO! Robert, you get an F1 seat! Marcus, so do you! And naughty Kevin, a bag of coal for you!
Sumedh
2nd December 2017, 12:43
Hartley doesn’t quite know what to do after he is assigned secret Santa to Kvyat for the Toro Rosso Christmas celebrations.
Biggsy
2nd December 2017, 12:56
Hartley, looking forward to 2025 season, still waiting for Honda engines to become reliable.
bogaaaa (@nosehair)
4th December 2017, 1:10
Bored of the Wings!!!
OmarRoncal - Go Seb!!! (@)
2nd December 2017, 13:04
Ho Ho Horner can you get me a better car than what Frank gave me?
Robbie (@robbie)
2nd December 2017, 13:09
Here’s Brendon Hartley doing his best Santa Hakkinen impersonation.
John H (@john-h)
2nd December 2017, 17:00
I still remember the autosport caption: “Mika the streaker in festive mood.”
JamieFranklinF1 (@jamiefranklinf1)
2nd December 2017, 13:10
Brendon Hartley got completely the wrong idea when he was told to dress up to try and steal a sponsor from Ferrari at the SANTAnDEER event
Neil (@neilosjames)
2nd December 2017, 13:15
“Seriously, Hasegawa-elf? Rudolph’s nose has failed!?”
Ruben
2nd December 2017, 13:40
After switching the sleighs deers for Honda power, Santa hopes there’s a Claus in his contract.
Philip (@philipgb)
2nd December 2017, 14:52
Yong Brendon regrets allowing the Honda legal team assure him his performance Claus will protect his best interests.
Proteus (@proteus)
2nd December 2017, 15:08
Its 2045 and Brendon is still waiting for power from the Honda engine.
Pat Ruadh (@fullcoursecaution)
2nd December 2017, 16:23
Hartley had been sure to include a reliability Clause
JackySteeg (@jackysteeg)
2nd December 2017, 16:45
“I’d enjoy this job a lot more if the guy before me hadn’t already used up our year’s allocation of reindeer…”
Phylyp (@phylyp)
2nd December 2017, 18:21
@jackysteeg – lol :-)
Stephen Crowsen (@drycrust)
2nd December 2017, 18:00
“Hmmm … I’m Secret Santa to Kimi’s two children and Lewis … and I’ve got two red presents and a blue present … which present should I give to Lewis?”.
Brian (@flyinglapct)
2nd December 2017, 18:01
After looking at his 2018 Toro Rosso contract, Brendon realized he needed a part time job as a department store santa to make ends meet.
Phylyp (@phylyp)
2nd December 2017, 18:22
“Will this mature look get me a seat at a top team (and away from Honda power)?”
Stephen Crowsen (@drycrust)
2nd December 2017, 18:35
“Christmas in London … Paris … or New Zealand?”.
Brian (@flyinglapct)
2nd December 2017, 18:39
Parents at the Christmas party were upset with Brendon after he handed out cans of Red Bull to their children.
glynh (@glynh)
2nd December 2017, 19:10
A Toro Rosso driver waits patiently for a seat at Red Bull.
Atomic Wolf (@atomicwolf)
2nd December 2017, 19:48
No Honda engine pleeeeaassse ! Can’t I use the reindeer like every other santa?
Rowan
2nd December 2017, 19:50
Hartley’s vow to not shave untill he had a reliable engine appeared to have backfired…
Ben Needham (@ben-n)
2nd December 2017, 19:50
Toro Rosso’s newest recruit is a little older than their usual demographic…
James
2nd December 2017, 20:13
GP2 engine? Nope, reindeer-powered.
Markus (@aesto)
2nd December 2017, 20:55
With the Halo increasing the center of gravity, Toro Rosso engineers had to make some compromises in helmet design for 2018.
Stephen Crowsen (@drycrust)
2nd December 2017, 21:07
Brendon has been given the task of telling Santa that the FIA said all Open Sleighs have to be fitted with a Halo.
Feuerdrache (@xenomorph91)
2nd December 2017, 21:40
Brendon sits down in frustration after his plan to get rid of his 2018 Honda engines by presenting these to the teams as a disguised Santa Clause failed.
Apexor
2nd December 2017, 21:55
Hartley is really a dieahard caption competition host.
Stephen Crowsen (@drycrust)
2nd December 2017, 22:27
Santa: Ho ho ho, what do you mean I can’t hang my jacket on the coat hanger you fitted to the sleigh, it’s a coat hanger isn’t it?
Brian (@flyinglapct)
2nd December 2017, 22:47
Brendon’s reaction when he realizes Helmut gets to sit in his lap 1st.
Stephen Crowsen (@drycrust)
2nd December 2017, 22:57
Brendon was stripped of his Red Jacket after Santa found the Halo on the sleigh stopped him from cracking the whip that makes the reindeer fly.
budchekov (@budchekov)
2nd December 2017, 23:21
@We need more beards in F1, the pits look like a walrus colony.
Roth Man (@rdotquestionmark)
3rd December 2017, 0:39
See…. I told you all I was a boy!
Apexor
3rd December 2017, 2:50
Ok which Santa’s little helpers should I pick.
WimB
3rd December 2017, 7:35
Now do I look old enough for Martini branding?
WimB
3rd December 2017, 7:43
Well, anyone would have thought the Alfa Romeo people would notice the white with some red on top. That sure saubered me up real quick!
Thedonz
3rd December 2017, 7:50
When I were a lad drivers were real men. Not these driverless things that race now…..
socksolid (@socksolid)
3rd December 2017, 8:15
Helmut Marko was not joking when he said Brandon’s 2018 car would be like driving a sled.
Steven Robertson (@emu55)
3rd December 2017, 9:50
‘Christmas is cancelled this year, all the elves have been redeployed to japan to work on the 2018 Honda engine’
Robert
3rd December 2017, 12:46
The things I have to do to get a f1 seat
Corey (@dragon86)
3rd December 2017, 17:07
Santa Hartley’s reaction after being told the team needed to use a twelfth reindeer this season.
me
3rd December 2017, 18:08
Does this beard make me look fat?
Placid (@placid)
3rd December 2017, 19:29
Brendon: It was a good thing they did not mention about me wearing a turkey costume. Otherwise, I would have become the main course.
Bullfrog (@bullfrog)
3rd December 2017, 22:27
Brendon tried his best to wear traditional dress on his first visit to Abu Dhabi.
S@thia (@sathia)
6th December 2017, 9:25
“So many grid penalties that I have to start from North Pole”